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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) cisco
any of several whitefishes of the genus Coregonus, of the Great Lakes and smaller lakes of E North America.

Etymology: (1840–50, Amer.; < CanF ciscoette < Ojibwa pe&raiseddot;mite&raiseddot;wiskawe&raiseddot;t oily fish)

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Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) lake herring, cisco
cold-water fish caught in Lake Superior and northward

2. (noun) cisco, lake herring, Coregonus artedi
important food fish of cold deep lakes of North America

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Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) cisco
the Lake herring (Coregonus Artedi), valuable food fish of the Great Lakes of North America. The name is also applied to C. Hoyi, a related species of Lake Michigan

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